English Literature and the Crusades
Anxieties of Holy War, 1291-1453
Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature;
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 31 October 2024
- ISBN 9781108832212
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages252 pages
- Size 235x158x19 mm
- Weight 500 g
- Language English 600
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Short description:
Marcel Elias reveals medieval crusade culture's ambivalent, self-critical qualities, providing fresh perspectives on Middle English romance.
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The period from the Maml&&&363;k reconquest of Acre (1291) to the Ottoman siege of Constantinople (1453) witnessed the production of a substantial corpus of Middle English crusade romances. Marcel Elias places these romances in dialogue with multifarious European writings to offer a novel account of late medieval crusade culture: as ambivalent and self-critical, animated by tensions and debates, and fraught with anxiety. These romances uphold ideals of holy war while expressing anxieties about issues as diverse as God's endorsement of the crusading enterprise, the conversion of Christians to Islam, the sinfulness of crusaders, and the morality of violence. Reinvigorating debates in medieval postcolonialism, drawing on emotion studies, and excavating a rich multilingual archive, this book is a major contribution to the cultural history of the crusades. This title is part of the Flip it Open programme and may also be available open access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.
'Recommended.' A. L. Kaufman, Choice
Table of Contents:
Introduction; 1. Royal emotions, blasphemy, and (dis)unity in The Siege of Milan and The Sultan of Babylon; 2. Hopes and anxieties of conversion in the Otuel romances; 3. Women, God, and other crusading motives in Guy of Warwick; 4. Therapeutic crusading and excessive violence in The Siege of Jerusalem and Richard Coeur de Lion; Conclusion.
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